Seizure of 10.5 kilogrammes of Ice at Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Friday 10th of May 2019
Seizure of 10.5 kilogrammes of Ice at Suvarnabhumi Airport
On 3 May 2019 at 14.30 hrs., Thailand- AITF by ONCB Airport Unit, Royal Thai Customs and Police Narcotics Suppression Bureau arrested Ms.Kruewal Phocum, aged 40 years, who travelled from Vientiane with 10.5 kilogrammes of Ice concealed in a secret part of her luggage. She would connect the flight in Bangkok to the Philippines. During the interrogation, she confessed that she was hired by a Thai female living in Lao PDR at 2,000 US dollars to bring the luggage to the Philippines. Thailand AITF extended the investigation by setting up the operation plan to arrest a Thai female who was asked to take the drug back and she agreed to come to pick up the drug after Ms.Kruewal Phocum had told the Thai female who was behind the scene that she missed the flight to the Philippines. At 21.00 hrs, Thailand AITF, then, arrested Ms. Chiraphinya Haree, aged 44 years who travelled from Vientiane to pick up the drug at a hotel in Lad Krabang.